It’s democracy in the dark without Nashville shooter manifesto’s release

The New York Post ^ | 08/15/2023 | Gene Reynolds

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“Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the (sometimes ironic) slogan of The Washington Post.

But it’s also a fair description of what’s happening in Tennessee, as the state Legislature is being called to a special session even as local and federal officials withhold information that might be critical to its decision-making.

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The Nashville Tennessean article refers only to “a shooter.”

The shooter was a female-to-male transgender shooter named Audrey Hale, aged 28, who left a manifesto before being killed by police.

Hale had chosen to identify as a man, using the pronouns he/him.

Local and federal authorities with access to the manifesto have refused to make its contents public.

Though Hale sent an Instagram message to a friend just before the shooting, saying, “One day this will make more sense. I’ve left more than enough evidence behind,” we haven’t seen that evidence. *** Vivek Ramaswamy, running third in the GOP presidential primary, recently called for the manifesto’s release. He characterizes the government position as “stonewalled silence.”

Well, I generally believe that when government officials don’t want us to know something, it’s because they fear we would think or act in ways they wouldn’t like if we knew it. *** National Review’s Dan McLaughlin sees a double standard: “Why are these groups taking this stance? They are plainly afraid that it would be bad to use the shooter’s words because this might cause people to blame other people who share some of the shooter’s ideas. But this is exactly what these groups, and their media advocates, would be doing if the tables were turned.

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[thegagline]

Julian Assange’s wikileaks would have been a perfect place to expose and publish the manifesto. Assange had the courage to fight the deep state. Unfortunately, Trump, who claimed to be against the deep state, never pardoned Assange.

Actions, not words.

[Adder]

Amazes me it has not been leaked in some way.

Thats a pretty tight wall there...

[Wpin]

Democracy in the dark? Republic? Gone, doesn’t exist here. Trump is our hope to restore it...along with patriots willing to sacrifice and potentially suffer persecution. It is the only hope for our children’s future.